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Introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine into routine immunization in Ghana and its impact on bacterial meningitis in children younger than five years.

Renner LA, Newman MJ, Ahadzie L, Antwi-Agyei KO, Eshetu M

Department of Child Health, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana. lornarenner@africaonline.com.gh

This report shows the impact of a pentavalent vaccine that includes Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine on bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5 years in Ghana. A review of the first 3 years of a pediatric bacterial meningitis surveillance program, started in August 2001 in Accra, Ghana, was undertaken. There was a significant reduction, P = 0.042 and 0.017, in percentage of purulent meningitis in children younger than 1 year, comparing the first year when the vaccine was introduced, to the second and third years, respectively.

Published 6 April 2007 in Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(4): 356-8.
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